How to broker knowledge for a transition: Knowledge campaigns targeting Swedish forest owners in the 1950s and 1960s

IF 3.4 2区社会学 Q1 GEOGRAPHY

Geoforum Pub Date : 2025-05-30 DOI:10.1016/j.geoforum.2025.104319

Jimmy Jönsson , Janina Priebe

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Abstract

This study analyzes the transition to mechanized forest management and the implementation of sustainable-yields forestry in Sweden during the 1950s and 1960s. The objective is to produce insights that are relevant for policymakers working with forests and the climate transition today. The analysis focuses on how the Swedish National Association of Forest Owners’ Associations (SSR)—an association organizing non-industrial forest owners—used courses, technological trials, and other “knowledge brokering” initiatives to engage forest owners in mechanization and the pursuit of sustainable yields. The study argues that the SSR’s innovative approach to knowledge brokering formed a bottom-up perspective that enabled learning about, formed identities around, facilitated commitment to, and fostered legitimacy for the envisioned transition. Knowledge brokering thus functioned as a lubricant to smooth the transitional machinery. Learning from the past, the study suggests that contemporary policymakers can benefit from investing in grassroots mobilization as well as in active and conscious knowledge brokering.

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如何为过渡提供知识：20世纪50年代和60年代针对瑞典森林所有者的知识运动

本研究分析了瑞典在1950年代和1960年代向森林机械化管理的过渡和可持续产量林业的实施情况。其目标是为当今从事森林和气候转型工作的政策制定者提供相关的见解。分析的重点是瑞典全国森林所有者协会协会（SSR）——一个组织非工业森林所有者的协会——如何利用课程、技术试验和其他“知识中介”倡议，使森林所有者参与机械化和追求可持续产量。研究认为，SSR对知识中介的创新方法形成了一种自下而上的视角，使人们能够了解、形成身份认同、促进承诺，并为设想的过渡培育合法性。因此，知识中介的作用就像润滑剂一样，平滑过渡机制。从过去的经验中，该研究表明，当代决策者可以从投资于基层动员以及积极和有意识的知识中介中受益。

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Geoforum GEOGRAPHY-

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7.30

自引率

5.70%

发文量

201

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